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Nov 24th, 2021, 18:50 | #1 |
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I'm in the market for the following items as I plan to do more of my own work on my 940 in the new year. Looking for recommendations for the following:
Not looking at Snap-on level professional stuff but do want to take a "buy once" approach on quality vs price. I've got a very basic cheap Halfords socket set which is utter bobbins, appalling tolerances and incapable of taking or dishing out big torque.
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Nov 24th, 2021, 19:04 | #2 | |
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Nov 24th, 2021, 19:36 | #3 | |
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Funnily enough the Halfords Advanced pro torque wrench ( 40 -200 NM )received excellent reviews. I bought one and it's been very good. Around £100 I have 2 sets of axle stands but the ones I've found to be good are the Faithfull 3 tonne https://www.amazon.co.uk/Faithfull-3.../dp/B007P0YC7U Best thing you can ever buy for working on old cars is a good cordless impact wrench but your talking close to £300 for a good one ( DeWalt / Milwaukee ) Other than that just buy the best you can. Snap on are fantastic and I have the brake wrenches but they are £40 each I now service all the family cars which is currently 7 so compared to garage bills it's a no brainer !
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Nov 24th, 2021, 19:51 | #4 |
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Halfords Professional take some beating on price and quality, they also take a beating in the garage.
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Nov 24th, 2021, 20:00 | #5 |
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Ah, good point on impact wrenches. My hands and wrists are @£$^$&ed from 35 years of keyboard work and I get burning/tingling after only a few minutes of heavy wrench work.
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Nov 24th, 2021, 22:09 | #6 |
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Most of my sockets are Halfords Advanced, and I've always found them fine (the oldest set is about 30 years old). The only caveat is that the wrenches have quite a coarse ratchet, which is frustrating sometimes.
I've got a new set of Halfords axle stands, the 3 tonne per pair orange ones, and they've been holding up my 740 a treat. I bought a Clarke torque wrench recently, and was very disappointed. All of the scales are in really obscure units, the conversion chart is in different units again (!), the scale's too small to read, and the tool is too short to apply the torque values it's rated to (ok, maybe I should get down the gym more!).
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Nov 24th, 2021, 22:11 | #7 |
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ps sorry to hear about your hand/wrist problems, kiloran. If you're having problems like that, you might want to be wary of vibrating tools like impact wrenches.
I've had to give up using a strimmer: if I use one for any length of time, I lose feeling and control in my hands for an hour or two afterwards. I'm trying to limit angle grinder use for similar reasons.
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Nov 24th, 2021, 22:26 | #8 |
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Tools.... a topic very close to my heart.
My main socket set (1/2") is a Draper one which I bought new from Halfords in 1985 when I was starting training to be a mechanic. I still have it and use it mostly, though the 10mm, 13mm and 19mm sockets have been replaced as they wore/broke. I bought it at the time as it came in a metal case - I was sick of plastic cases breaking and the hinges snapping off. It's not this one but same vintage and very similar (BTW this one is worth EVERY penny and would be a good start). https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185181254...Condition=3000 I also have a Halfords Advanced set for mobile use, which is superb quality, a lot of trainee mechanics get the Halfords stuff. Downside is you get very few extensions so you need to buy some of those as well - plus sets for big hex and torx etc, and a set of fixed ring spanners. Battery impact gun is definitely worth it - especially if you have hand injuries - saves lots of undoing. The Bosch 18v ones are excellent as well as DeWalt/Milwaukee. Machine Mart good for axle stands.
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